Go ahead, make his day by serving booze to teens

Tuesday

Apr 27, 2010 at 2:00 AM

The letter from the Ulster County district attorney is clear. Proms and graduation parties are about to bring the new annual crop of opportunities for underage drinking, and many of those will take place at house parties where parents who should know better think they can keep things under control.

The letter from the Ulster County district attorney is clear. Proms and graduation parties are about to bring the new annual crop of opportunities for underage drinking, and many of those will take place at house parties where parents who should know better think they can keep things under control.

Holley Carnright wants those parents to know that they need to think again or they might get a lot more time to contemplate their actions, time that will come in jail.

Until now, such a threat has not been even an idle one because jail time was not in the arsenal of legal weapons that the DA had to fight this form of underage drinking. Now, a new county law has changed that, and anyone found guilty could pay up to $250 and spend up to 15 days in jail.

Parents should realize that they might be doing a public service by providing a keg or two for their young adults this year. A first-term DA with a new law to enforce could use a case or two to set an example, to let others know that all this talk about jail is not just talk.